India
India, Finland to produce ethanol
Will cut Indian imports of this product.
India needs US$2.3 trillion investments in energy sector
Coal the dominant energy source until 2035.
Welspun Energy to invest US$1.6 billion in RE projects
It will commission the world's second largest solar power plant.
Indo-UK Green Energy Forum organized
Aims to accelerate activities in clean energy.
Japan and India partner to cut LNG cost
Will establish an LNG importers’ group.
Gujarat expands solar energy capacity
Will focus more on rooftop solar systems.
ADB loans US$700 million to IIFCL
Will accelerate investment in Indian infrastructure.
World Bank against India’s bailout of troubled power distributors
Not an opportunity in disguise but a crisis, it says.
India to auction solar power licenses
License to build solar power plants resumes after two years.
India, US sign first commercial nuclear plant deal
Both make enormous progress on civilian nuclear power.
India, Bangladesh to inaugurate power interconnection project
Heads of state will lead October 5 launch.
World’s largest solar plant to rise in Rajasthan
“Ultra mega” plant will generate 4 GW.
ADB funds Indian renewable energy transmission system
Will provide US$500 million for this project.
India’s coal minister says India should use more coal
Coal to supply over half of India’s energy needs.
India to double solar power capacity
Will build a 4 GW solar farm to attain this aim. State-run companies including Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., SJVN Ltd. and the Solar Energy Corporation of India will form a joint venture to complete the first gigawatt by the end of 2016. The farm will be built near Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan state to supply power to government distribution companies through the national grid, said the Department of Heavy Industry.
France eager to invest in India’s renewable energy sector
Expands relationship in conventional energy.
Commentary
Supply chain efficiency, skilled manpower are key for India’s renewable energy